Senior Business Analyst, Regulatory Technology

PIMCO; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PIMCO is seeking a skilled Business Analyst to join its Regulatory Transaction Reporting Technology team in London. You will gather requirements, define functional specs, and support testing across MiFID II, EMIR, SFTR and other regimes, partnering with Operations and Engineering to deliver compliant reporting solutions.

You will own end-to-end analysis, help drive automation and process improvements, and act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technology throughout the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• 7+ years of experience in business/functional analysis within financial services tech.
• Strong experience gathering, documenting, and validating requirements.
• Experience facilitating discussions with business and technology stakeholders.
• Experience supporting software development lifecycle end-to-end.
• Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with regulatory reporting regimes (MiFID II, EMIR, SFTR).

Responsibilities

• Lead workstreams in a multi-year program to modernize PIMCO’s regulatory transaction reporting platform.
• Translate regulatory obligations and reporting needs into business requirements and user stories.
• Facilitate requirement sessions and clarify scope, rules, and data requirements.
• Create process flows, data mapping artifacts, and supporting analysis materials.
• Collaborate with engineering teams through the software development lifecycle.
• Develop test scenarios, cases, and validation approaches.
• Coordinate testing activities with stakeholders.
• Assist with defect triage and issue resolution.
• Support release validation and post-implementation verification.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Written communication

Verbal communication

Stakeholder engagement

Problem solving

Requirement gathering

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SQL

Job description

We are a leading global asset management firm with over 3,000 employees across 20 offices in 15 countries; we help millions of investors around the world pursue their financial goals.

We hire critical thinkers. People who thrive in a collaborative culture like ours where we solve real problems while building the future of finance.

You

• Are excited to be part of a vibrant engineering community that values diversity, hard work, and continuous learning.
• Love solving complex real-world business problems.
• Recognize that cross-functional collaboration is a core component of success for the team.
• Believe there are multiple ways to solve most technical problems and are willing to debate the trade-offs.
• Have become a stronger engineer by making mistakes and learning from them.
• Are a doer, someone who wants to grow their career and gain experience across technologies and business functions.

We

• Continuously invest in a high-performance and inclusive culture, in which a diversity of backgrounds, experiences and viewpoints are celebrated and valued.
• Encourage career mobility, so you can benefit from learning different functions and technologies, and we gain the benefits of your experience across teams.
• Run technology pro bono programs that help the non-profit community and give our engineering community opportunities to volunteer and participate.
• Offer education reimbursements and ongoing training in technology, communication, and diversity & inclusion.
• Embrace knowledge sharing through lunch-and-learns, demos, and technical forums.
• Consider our people to be our greatest asset—we will help you learn what PIMCO Technology has to offer so you can participate in activities that benefit your career while delivering impactful technology solutions.

Role Overview

This role sits within the Regulatory Transaction Reporting Technology team and partners closely with the Regulatory Transaction Reporting Operations function. The position focuses on business analysis, requirements definition, testing, solution delivery support, and production issue analysis across PIMCO’s global transaction reporting platforms supporting MiFID II, EMIR, ASIC, MAS, SFTR, and other global regulatory reporting obligations.

The successful candidate will work with business partners to gather requirements, analyze business processes, support testing activities, investigate production issues, and help deliver technology enhancements that improve reporting quality, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance.

The role is designed with broad visibility, end-to-end accountability, and increasing scope to manage, own and independently execute regulatory reporting solutions that provide broad exposure to regulatory reporting workflows, technology modernization initiatives, and emerging AI-enabled capabilities across the regulatory reporting ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

Business Analysis, Requirements Definition & Validation

• Lead key workstreams in a multi-year program to modernize PIMCO’s global regulatory transaction reporting platform

• Partner with Regulatory Operations and external vendors to translate regulatory obligations, operational processes, and reporting needs into business requirements, functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.

• Facilitate working sessions and requirements discussions to clarify scope, business rules, data requirements, and desired outcomes.

• Create process flows, workflow documentation, business rules, data mapping artifacts, and other supporting analysis materials.

• Collaborate with engineering teams throughout the software development lifecycle to support successful implementation of new capabilities and enhancements.

• Develop test scenarios, test cases, and validation approaches for technology enhancements and regulatory reporting changes.

• Coordinate testing activities with Regulatory Operations, Engineering, and other business stakeholders.

• Assist with defect triage, issue analysis, and resolution activities.

• Support release validation and post-implementation verification efforts to confirm changes operate as intended.

Production Support & Operational Analysis

• Lead production issue triage for regulatory transaction reporting systems, coordinating across operations, engineering, and vendors.

• Act as a primary escalation point for complex or systemic reporting issues, ensuring root cause is identified and remediation plans are defined and tracked.

• Own tracking and reporting of errors, omissions, resubmissions, and structural reporting challenges in collaboration with operations teams.

• Help define and continuously improve support models, SLAs, and RACI matrices across technology and operations.

Process Improvement & Automation

• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, controls, and operational efficiency.

• Support initiatives focused on automation, workflow optimization, reporting quality improvements, and control enhancement.

• Participate in modernization initiatives across the regulatory reporting technology landscape.

• Contribute to the evaluation of emerging technologies, including AI-enabled capabilities, that may enhance reporting processes and operational workflows.

Planning & Stakeholder Communications

• Support planning, coordination, and execution activities across regulatory reporting initiatives and technology enhancements.

• Help maintain clarity on scope, priorities, dependencies, and delivery status for assigned work items.

• Prepare clear analysis summaries, requirement walkthroughs, and executive updates for business leadership.

• Contribute to intake, prioritization, and sequencing discussions of the book of work.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• 7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, Functional Analyst, or comparable role within financial services technology.

• Strong experience gathering, documenting, and validating business and functional requirements.

• Experience facilitating discussions with business and technology stakeholders.

• Experience supporting software development initiatives throughout the full development lifecycle.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, written communication, and verbal communication skills.

• Experience creating process flows, workflow documentation, business rules, functional specifications, user stories, or acceptance criteria.

• Familiarity with one or more regulatory reporting regimes, including MiFID II, EMIR, ASIC, MAS, SFTR, or other G20 reporting frameworks.

• Experience working in regulated financial services environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within asset management, capital markets, investment banking, or market infrastructure organizations.

• Understanding of transaction reporting workflows and regulatory reporting operating models.

• Experience supporting user acceptance testing and release validation activities.

• Familiarity with SQL, data analysis, reconciliations, or data lineage analysis.

• Understanding of derivatives, securities trading, post-trade processing, reference data, and trade capture concepts.

• Experience working with regulatory reporting vendors, repositories, or reporting platforms.

• Exposure to intelligent automation, AI-assisted analysis, process optimization, or workflow modernization initiatives

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affinitative Action Statement

PIMCO recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, national origin, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), age, military or veteran status, disability (physical or mental), any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other basis such as medical condition, or marital status under applicable laws.

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